A happy home

One way to easily change the look and feel of ones home is with a new set of illustrations or prints.

I have gone from black and white themed, to quirky and a little offbeat, to just plain beautiful with the pictures I adorn on our walls. (Plus one of my favourite things about changing up our space is to watch how long it takes my husband to realize there is something new in our home. It once took him three months to spot the ‘new’ illustration; I call these episodes “Looking at life through man goggles”).

Here are some of my creations.

The write stuff

It has been a while since I last posted anything, which means there are lots of weird and wonderful new creations I am able to share with you.

My notebook collection has steadily been growing, with each new design neatly placed alongside the others adorning my bookshelves.

Some of them are quirky, others are meant to inspire, but all will hopefully one day be filled with big dreams and great ideas.

The gentlemen’s club

I enjoy creating things that put a smile onto peoples faces and what better material than flamingos. They are such funny, gangly and quirky creatures that I just had to draw them. I hope you enjoy my latest little illustration “The gentlemen’s club”.

 

the dance of the swallows

The joyous and carefree spirit of swallows is one that I have always admired. But as I live close to the ocean and only generally get to see squabblesome seagulls, I decided it was time to bring some beauty into my home with these mobiles I have been working on.

They come in three different colours (yellow, wood and black) and have certainly brightened up my days.

birds of a feather

One of the many joys in my life is listening to bird song and watching the little balls of feathery energy hopping about. I decided to create these little bird brooches because I thought they would bring some fun and beauty into peoples lives.

And for those of you who do not wear brooches I thought I’d design the birds a little bigger and make them into a handsome wall hanging.

some pretty prints

Every now and again there occurs a rare and wonderful moment, when I wake up with a burst of creativity.

Over the weekend I was blessed with one of these mornings and I drew these three illustrated prints, which were promptly framed and hung all around our home.

gift tags

I love wrapping gifts!

I get such a kick out of having wrapping paper, twine, ribbon and washi tape strewn all around me, patiently waiting for me to turn them into something pretty.

The only thing missing were little gift tags and so I created these…

outfoxed

There exists a certain type of person among us that gets a little crazy about collecting particular objects. I have seen people (and possibly done so myself) do a little dance and utter a squeal of delight when they stumble upon yet another bunny or bird to ad to their collection. And I sheepishly confess that I too am a little obsessed, in particular with polar bears and foxes.

I had already created my little origami fox brooch, but for the true collector, one item just isn’t enough, so I came up with this little fox while I was doodling one morning. Let me introduce you to… Julian the fox.

some south african flavour

I have had the idea for these three little cards bouncing around in my head for quite a while now; and so I am rather pleased to have finally drawn them for all of you to see.

I hope you enjoy their quirkiness.

we go together like…

nutella and a spoon

pap and wors

rooibos tea and ouma’s rusks